TURKU GRADUATE SCHOOL IN NURSING SCIENCE

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TURKU GRADUATE SCHOOL IN NURSING SCIENCE
Turku 23.5.2007

• Helena Leino-Kilpi, PhD, RN
• Professor

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SHORT HISTORY

• academic nursing education 1979 in Finland
• first doctoral graduation 1984
• 1984-2004 -gt about 200 PhDs
• education in five universities

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IN THE UNIVERSITY OF TURKU

• 1986 -gt 1990 first graduation
• 54 PhDs
• students MNSc professional qualification

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STUDENTS ADMISSION

• research proposal
• resource plan

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STRUCTURE OF PROGRAM

• 60 ECTS (5 years)
• 30-40 ECTS in nursing science
• 20-30 ECTS in others (e.g.
• philosophy, social
• sciences, health care)
• doctoral thesis

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PROGRAM/INDIVIDUAL PLAN

• research seminars
• theoretical studies in nursing science
• theory construction
• ethics
• clinical topics
• theoretical studies in other disciplines
• statistics/qualitative methods
• language
• information technology

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DOCTORAL THESIS

• Format
• 4-5 refereed articles summary or
• a monography
• Prereviewers (at least 2)
• Open defence

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• Turku Graduate School in
• Nursing Science
• National Doctoral School in
• Nursing Science
• European Academy for
• Nursing Science/Program (EANS)

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IN CONNECTION WITH RESEARCH PROGRAM

• ethics and value basis
• clinical nursing
• elderly nursing
• nursing education
• organisational studies

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RESEARCH TEAMS

• Clinical nursing
• evaluation of quality and
• patient education,
• PI Helena Leino-Kilpi
• mental health, PI Professor
• Maritta Välimäki
• child and adolescent
• nursing care, PI Sanna
• Salanterä

• Elderly nursing
• PI Pirkko Routasalo
• Nursing education
• PI Maija Hupli
• Elina Eriksson
• Organisational studies
• PI Seija Arve
• Ethics and value basis
• PI Helena Leino-Kilpi

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EVALUATION

• systematic feed-back from students (yearly and
• after theoretical courses)
• discussions with collaborators
• analysis of the evaluation reports of
  prereviewers
• and opponents
• Academy of Finland (2003)

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RESEARCH PROGRAM IN NURSING SCIENCE IN UNIVERSITY
OF TURKU

• http//www.med.utu.fi/hoitotiede/tutkimus/Strateg
  y.pdf
• http//www.med.utu.fi/hoitotiede/en/research/

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